The law inserted to human nature by God, which we should know by natural reason.
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Is life imprisonment in accord with Catholic social doctrine?
I recall hearing an old religious sister talking on Relevant Radio a few years ago about her experience in Mexican prison ministry. She said that life imprisonment is just as bad as the death penalty ...
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Is the definition of “sin” subjective? Of whom's morals is it based on?
Whenever I try to determine what is a sin and what isn't I get very confused... I read things by Paul and sins seem to become very subjective...
_____ is a sin if you make it a sin through belief ...
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Scriptures and the 'Simulated Universe'
If you were to Google "simulated universe" you'll find that major science institutions are starting to hypothesize that the universe is 'very possibly' a 'simulated environment' at the lowest level - ...
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How to approach non christian friends with Gospel [closed]
I am working as a software engineer, all of my colleagues are non Christians they don't believe any thing with out proofs and reason.
How do i approach them with gospel (i.e what Jesus has done to ...
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What's the Evangelical take on the Natural Moral Law?
Since it's not in the Bible, are Evangelicals taught to ignore or disapprove of the teachings of such folks as Aristotle and Plato? Would they belive a redacted version of the Summa Theologica or ...
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Silly human laws
So Augustine, Aquinas and King agree that we, as Christians and free people are not required to follow human laws that do not comply with the natural moral law
. One may well ask: "How can you ...
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Why does the Bible say that people no longer need to ‘feel guilty’ under the gospel, as compared to the Old Testament?
There is the verse from Hebrews that makes me pose the question:
10 The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the ...
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Does the Catholic Church consider abortion to be murder?
As a Catholic, I know that I am accountable to a higher law than human/positive law. The natural moral law is the guiding force behind the formation of my conscience and if human laws are not in ...
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What is the difference between Natural Law and Divine Law?
In Catholic understanding, there is a divine law and a natural law. Based on my reading, it seems like Divine Law = Revelation (as a Protestant would call it) and Natural Law = what you could deduce ...
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Seeking a richer Catholic understanding of passion vs intellect as it applies to our first parents
I was tempted to answer this question about freewill and Adam and Eve but I chose not to because all I've got it conjecture and I'm not even sure if it's not borderline heresy on the matter. What I'd ...
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Are questions that begin “Is it ok to ___” of primary theological importance?
Questions that begin "Is it ok to _" are often asked and I believe it is helpful to ask "how now shall we live?". However, from a theological standpoint are these questions of primary importance when ...
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Did reformation leaders throw out the Summa Theologica?
St. Thomas Aquinas's seminal work the Summa Theologica was an attempt to catalog all the theological arguments ever conceived.
Much of the reasoning is rooted in the Natural Law and it's what ...
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How do Christians understand the omniscience of God in relation to the Uncertainty Principle?
One of the foundations of modern quantum mechanics is the Uncertainty Principle. This principle is not an assumption, but rather is derived from assumptions made with regard to the structure of ...
